Community Service

Murray State University values community service. Take advantage of these community
service opportunities to develop your leadership skills.

Local Community Service Opportunities

United Way

United Way is an umbrella organization that offers financial resources to local non-profit
organizations such as Red Cross and Needline. This website provides contact information
for several non-profit organizations in the Calloway County community.mccunitedway.com

Murray State Service Organizations

Murray State Service Organizations are an excellent way to get involved with service
projects on campus as well as off. This webpage provides contact information for programs
such as W.E.E.P. for Southern Sudan.Service Organizations (pdf)

Nonprofit Leadership Studies

Murray State offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Nonprofit Leadership
Studies. If you enjoy serving others and want to learn more about nonprofit management
or outdoor recreation, check out this program! The following webpage provides more
details as well as contact information for the program.Nonprofit Leadership Studies

National Community Service Opportunities

Serve

This website is managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The
purpose of this site is to be an online resource for finding volunteer opportunities
in the local communities as well as creating your own.serve.gov

Volunteers for Prosperity

This website helps skilled American professionals find opportunities with U.S. organizations
to support global health and prosperity.www.Volunteersforprosperity.gov

Winrock

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United
States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity,
and sustain natural resources.winrock.org

Financial Service Volunteer Corps

FSVC is a private- public partnership that recruits leading financial, legal, and
regulatory experts. These volunteers provide technical assistance to in-country partners
and build personal relationships across international borders. This organization’s
goals are to develop central bank capabilities, strengthen commercial banking systems,
and build capital markets.fsvc.org

VFP

Founded in 1982, VFP is a nonprofit organization. This organization promotes international
voluntary service projects. Through international alliances, this organization works
with others to meet community needs and some of the goals of the United Nation’s Millennium
Declaration. This organization offer over 3,000 projects in over 100 countries, including
40 in the United States. Most projects are 2-3 weeks long.vfp.org

International Community Service Opportunities

SCI

This organization promotes worldwide short term and long term voluntary service to
impact social, environmental, and humanitarian issues. SCI has official relations
with UNESCO as a partner non-governmental organization.sci-ivs.org/new/

VFP

Founded in 1982, VFP is a nonprofit organization. This organization promotes international
voluntary service projects. Through international alliances, this organization works
with others to meet community needs and some of the goals of the United Nation’s Millennium
Declaration. This organization offer over 3,000 projects in over 100 countries, including
40 in the United States. Most projects are 2-3 weeks long.vfp.org

WWOOF

WWOOF is a worldwide network of organizations that allow volunteers to live and learn
on organic properties. WWOOF brings together hosts and volunteers (WWOOFers), helping
each other to make a healthier world.wwoofinternational.org

Financial Service Volunteer Corps

FSVC is a private- public partnership that recruits leading financial, legal, and
regulatory experts. These volunteers provide technical assistance to in-country partners
and build personal relationships across international borders. This organization’s
goals are to develop central bank capabilities, strengthen commercial banking systems,
and build capital markets.fsvc.org

ACDI/ VOCA

This organization has 40 years of experience sending professionals overseas as volunteer
consultants providing technical assistance with field projects in agribusiness, enterprise
development, community development, food security, and financial services.acdivoca.org

Winrock

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United
States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity,
and sustain natural resources.winrock.org

VSO

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organization that
works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO’s approach
involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international
understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all.vso.org.uk

Art Corps

ArtCorps’ mission is to advance social change initiatives by promoting arts and culture
as powerful tools to generate cooperative and sustainable work between development
organizations and the communities they serve. This organization sends artists to Central
America to work with environmental, health, and human rights organizations. During
one year residencies, artists use a variety of art forms to bring the organizations’
environmental and social messages to life and engage the local communities in their
activities.artcorps.org

United Nations Volunteers

UNV is supported by the United Nations and is active in 140 countries. This organization
supports the mobilization and organization of volunteers to serve around the world.
This organization promotes peace and development throughout the world.unv.org

Volunteer Opportunities Abroad

This website provides free and low-cost programs for volunteering abroad.vaops.com

Volunteer Abroad

Global Volunteers

Global Volunteers is a private, nonprofit organization engaging short-term volunteers
on micro-economic and human development programs in close partnership with local people
worldwide.globalvolunteers.org

*Organizations provided on the following links are not Murray State affiliates. Students
are responsible for reviewing program information and details.